Improvement in riding attachments for plows



JAMES T. WELLS, OF SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RIDING ATTACHMENTS FOR PLOWS.

Specfication forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,645, dated April 6, 1875; application filed November 13, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, J AMES T. WELLs, of the county of Scott, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain Improved Riding Attachment for Plows; and I hereby declare the following to be a specification of the same.

My invention consists in a frame mounted on wheels, so constructed and arranged that ordinary walking-plows may be attached and controlled by an operator seated on said frame 5 also, in the method of attaching plows to aforesaid frame, as will be hereinafter described.

In the drawing accompanying this specification, and forming a part thereof, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention with a broken section of plow-beam in ground plan. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the frame, minus wheels, levers, and plows, and with part B broken to show rods C O extending through Va slot in the same. Fig. 3 shows the construction of levers D D'.

The parts indicated by referenceletters B B' b b', together with axle-frame A, constitute the frame-work and braces ofthe machine. O O are rods operating in a slot in piece B', and are provided with projections that operate in piece C'. They (O C) may be secured closer together. c represents theplow-beani, and c' a block connecting rod C and beam c. Said block has a horizontal revolving motion around rod C, and admits of a vertical vibratory motion in the plow-beam. It can also be raised or lowered by means of lever D' and rod e'. The part indicated by d operates vertically in receptacles a a (which are formed of projections on A) by means of lever D and rod e, and as the wheel is rigidly attached to said part d, it (the Wheel) is also under the inliuence of aforesaid lever. Levers D D' are constructed as shown in Fig. 3. The projection z' operates in the indentations in the circumferences of d and d' O represents a lever, having the plowbeam for a weight, and part B (indirectly) for afulcrum.4 Itis intended to be operated by the foot, and its function is to elevate the rear end of the plow-beam to avoid obstructions, &c. A seat is located on A at any desirable point, the center being preferred when two plows are used; also, the rear end of right-hand plowbeam may be connected with the frame in such a manner as to make it take the "land" when used for breaking purposes. The team is attached directly to the plows, and as the tongue x is located to one side on the machine, three horses may be used.

I do not claim as new the idea of attaching a plow to a frame provided with wheels, a seat, and controlling apparatus. Nor do I claim the principle of elevating the wheels in relation to the frame thereof, for the purpose of neutralizing the effects of uneven ground 5 but I do claim certain improvements rela-tin g to the same, which I hereby classify.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. Block c', in combination with lever D', rod e', and upright d', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Levers D' and O, upright d', rod e', and block c', in combination with pieces O O', B B', b b', all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for'the purpose set forth.

JAMES T. wELLs.

Attest:

GEORGE W. ARGUsT, E. H. BURRows. 

